gentisic acid

gentisic acid
/jen tis"ik, -tiz"-/, Pharm.
a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C7H6O4, used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
[1875-80; GENTI(AN) + -s- connective + -IC]

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